Zoonosis Control Program

Mission Statement:

We commit through personal and programmatic excellence to inform citizens about zoonotic diseases and animal control issues through education, disease surveillance and epidemiologic investigations.Our combined team effort will contribute to DSHS’ overall objective of promoting and protecting the health and well being of citizens in the State of Texas.

Program overview:

The “big picture” Zoonosis Control Program goals are to reduce the incidence of zoonotic diseases and animal bites within Health Service Region 7. The activities currently being applied to reach goals related to education, surveillance, and disease reporting activities are:

Sell rabies postexposure biologicals (vaccine and immune globulin) to uninsured persons who are (1) unable to obtain free biologicals from a manufacturers’ Patient Assistance Programs (2) have a valid rabies exposure, and (3) have a prescription from a physician who will administer the injections